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BallMan
United States78 Posts
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Elegy
United States1629 Posts
Don't risk your future on something as flaky as progaming, especially in the foreign scene where it is so rare. You sound dedicated, inspired, and are clearly a hardworker, but you absolutely must ensure that you have something else in your life to fall back on (school, another career path/interest, etc). It's great that you want to try this, but you should be intelligent enough to realize that making a living off of SC2 within the next year is, at best, a highly impractical future. Good luck! | ||
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BallMan
United States78 Posts
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Elegy
United States1629 Posts
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lac29
United States1485 Posts
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BallMan
United States78 Posts
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lac29
United States1485 Posts
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Elegy
United States1629 Posts
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Chef
10810 Posts
I really don't think there's gonna be any money in SC2 except tournament winnings for at least a year or so. You'll be lucky if a sponsor pays your airfare to go to a live tournament. | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
it will be interesting to see if any of the random low post sc2 wave people get really big in the scene, as long as they give tl lots of plugs | ||
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super_toast
United States269 Posts
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ella_guru
Canada1741 Posts
On July 20 2010 12:02 Chef wrote: It's your life to spend how you like, but do it because you are okay with looking back on a few months and knowing you spent them all on SC2, not because you think you're going to make a living off of this game. I really don't think there's gonna be any money in SC2 except tournament winnings for at least a year or so. You'll be lucky if a sponsor pays your airfare to go to a live tournament. this this thisssss. LOTS of people are coming out of the woodwork with high hopes. Go in looking to play as well as you possibly can, and then accept anything that comes with that. If you are no longer accepting what comes with playing at the highest level you can, then that's when you stop! Don't chase the paper because you will be devestated anytime you fail to place in a tournament and have to wait another 6 months and save money for travel to get the next closest tourny. | ||
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jodogohoo
Canada2533 Posts
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BallMan
United States78 Posts
Im currently making much less, and am not working at a Michelin rated restaurant. Not too long ago I traveled to Costa Rica and stayed in a monastery practicing martial arts and enhancing my knowledge of meditation- I even have a few students once a week now. Although, I have studied service, food and wine my entire working life and have always been passionate about it. Just to give you a taste I will point out that some well oiled restaurants are using a better understanding of psychology, and social dynamics, to enhance their service while letting go of archaic or meaningless traditions and replacing them with service ideas that actually enhance the experience. I could go on and on...but this is a SC2 blog =) PM me and I would be happy to recommend some books or even some restaurants in teh states for you to enjoy. @Chef Sound advice- I do appreciate it, and my intentions are not to become wealthy by playing starcraft 2 (is that even possible?) but to play it at the highest level that my mind and body will allow me because I love it. @ Divinek I agree, hopefully Ill be in the 10 thousand post range soon :D TL is a great hub for SC lovers. I do hope to see a little more passion and dedication in the people that truly want to play professionally. | ||
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Scarecrow
Korea (South)9172 Posts
I signed in just to 1/5 this. | ||
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ella_guru
Canada1741 Posts
On July 20 2010 12:50 Scarecrow wrote: I doubt you have the raw talent and dedication to get close. Prove me wrong. I signed in just to 1/5 this. At least we know you dont ! | ||
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zeuS~
United States193 Posts
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JWD
United States12607 Posts
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
When I read it, it sounded pretty rough. | ||
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FortuneSyn
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ella_guru
Canada1741 Posts
On July 20 2010 13:55 FortuneSyn wrote: There can only be one number 1, and I'm gonna beat you to it. http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=137279 That guy is too! | ||
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BallMan
United States78 Posts
Anyone else that would be willing to create a daily training schedule and stick to it- send me a PM with your info. My SC2 schedule: Mon 10am-bedtime Tue 10am-bedtime Wed 10am-5pm // 12-3am Thu 10am-bedtime Fri 10am-5pm //12-3am Sat 10am-5pm //12-3am Sun 10am-5pm //12-3am These are all times that I am playing. Clearly, we can set a more defined schedule for training specific builds, maps, micro etc. | ||
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Dance.jhu
United States292 Posts
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
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KurtistheTurtle
United States1966 Posts
don't do it for other people | ||
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BallMan
United States78 Posts
@ Kurtisthe Turtle You are absolutely right, and I will have to do this for myself and the love of the game. I dont think of it as a dream, though- rather a goal- that has steps to completing. Frankly guys, its not impossible to become great at SC2. Im pretty sure the main limiting factor of skill development in SC2 is lack of mentally engaged practice and play. I know a lot of these haters play a lot and are probably not even thinking about mouse control and keyboard precision, or tightening their build orders to perfection- they may not even know every hotkey for their race. Who knows! These are the "less than optimal" diamond players Ill be crushing :D | ||
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